Our "Scoring System"

A note about what our scores mean:
5 - Wine your kids buy for you
6 - Would drink. Jug wine. Good for parties and your kids!
7 and above - Good for ANYTHING. Would recommend to friends. The higher the better!

And for PAIRINGS the scores mean:
0 = Wine tastes best alone
1 = Wine tastes best with food #1
2 = Wine tastes best with food #2

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This blog started because we needed a tenor in the church choir... Bob, Karen and I told Mike that if he joined the choir we would go out after practice every Thursday for drinks and appetizers. After a while we decided that it would be more fun (and less expensive!) to take turns hosting a "wine & cheese" night. Then Bob had the brilliant idea to "Taste the Vine" in alphabetical order. We started with Cabernet Sauvignon. The rules were simple: 1) The wine had to start with your designated letter, and 2) the bottle had to be covered up so we didn't know what we were drinking. I decided to write down our scores so that we would know which wines we liked the best....then was "forced" into writing a blog so that we could share our "finds" with our friends. So, enjoy!!

Monday, October 13, 2014

Some Nice or Naughty 'N' Wines - You decide!

The Invitation:
Nothing Needed. Notification Noted. Bob

The Response:
Naturally. Elizabeth 


Wine #1: Novelty Hill 2009 Royal Slope Red Columbia Valley $21.99
Tasting comments:
Bob “It has a little Nip to it”
Andy “A pop. Get’s you.”
Mike “A nice smell”
Bob “Spicy”
Andy “Good after bleu cheese”
Elizabeth “Has a nice finish to it”
Karen “I like it. Good start, middle and finish. No nonsense.”
Elizabeth “Noble”
Andy “kNowledgeable” (note the “n”)
Jessica “The blue cheese mellows out the wine”
Andy “Nice or Naughty?”

Elizabeth “Nice”
Bob “I like Naughty”Becky “A little spicy”
Kara “I was going to say mellow but I think it’s the amount I’ve been eating”
Becky “A little harsh”

WINE #1 SCORING:
Bob 7, Karen 7.5, Mike 7, Becky 7.5, Andy 7, Elizabeth 8, Jessica 7.5, Kara 6.5

Wine #2:  Block Nine – Caiden’s Vineyards Pinot Noir 2012  $13.99
Tasting comments:
Bob “Ewww”
Mike “The smell is definitely different”
Karen “Tastes like a red chardonnay”
Bob “This wine sucks”
Elizabeth “An acid-y smell”
Andy “Smells bad”
Mike “Tastes worse than the Happy Hour wine at the hotel”
Kara “Musty”
Elizabeth poured hers into Bob’s glass
Kara “Has Lauren’s ‘feet’ smell”
Becky “It’s not as bad as it smells”
Karen “I had it with these crackers and it wasn’t bad” (Bob’s gluten free crackers - Elizabeth can’t eat those crackers)

WINE #2 SCORING
Bob 4, Karen 4, Mike 4, Becky 5.5, Andy 5, Elizabeth 4, Jessica 5, Kara 4


Wine #3:  Argiano NC Rosso Toscano 2011 Italian Red $22.99
Tasting comments:
Becky “This one looks a lot better – darker”
Andy “This one is Heaven on Earth compared to the last one”
Karen “Nirvana”
Elizabeth “Has a nebulous flavor”
Mike “I’m not getting a taste yet”

Bob “Soak your tongue in it”
Karen “Has a bite in the back at the end”
Bob “It bit me when I was putting the aerator in it”
Elizabeth “Has a sharp finish”
Andy “Makes my ears hurt”
Kara “Is it oak or something?”
Bob “You are sitting next to the Weeping Pussy Willow”
Kara “It’s dry but it doesn’t have much flavor”
Jessica “Has a bitter taste at the end”
Bob “Better au naturale”
Elizabeth “Better with the bleu cheese”
Bob “I like it with the Gouda cheese”

WINE #3 SCORING

Bob 6, Karen 5.5, Mike 5, Becky 6, Andy 6, Elizabeth 6, Jessica 5.5, Kara 5.5

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